2 | ^P | ^P | | | ^P | ^P | ^P | ^P |
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1 | ^R | ^Kt| ^B | ^Q | ^K | ^B | ^Kt| ^R |
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Diag. 17.

3. PxP BxKt
4. RxB QxP

Black's Queen cannot easily be driven away from her commanding
position, particularly as White must lose a move to save his QRP.
Meanwhile Black gains time for concentrating his forces for an
attack which wins the Queen's Pawn.

5. P-QKt3 Kt-QB3
6. P-K3 Castles QR
7. Kt-B3 P-K4

and wins the QP, or

5. P-QR3 Kt-QB3
6. P-K3 Castles QR

and P-K4 is again a threat hard for white to meet.

This position shows, that to bring one's opponent's centre pawn
away and to keep one's own, does not under all circumstances mean